Take 2 Roundup: Games of Wed, 3/5/08

[Proverbial Psalms]

[size=22:7c4164c591][b:7c4164c591]GREAT SCOTT! FERNANDO GREATER![/b:7c4164c591][/size:7c4164c591]
[size=16:7c4164c591]Valenzuela Outduels Scott in 1-0 Dodgers Win [/size:7c4164c591]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/fvalenzuela_1_150x245.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="245" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> Los Angeles lefthander Fernando Valenzuela (14-6) tossed a 4 hitter and outlasted Houston's Mike Scott as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1394][u:7c4164c591]Dodgers defeated the Astros[/u:7c4164c591][/url] 1-0 in an awesome pitcher's match Wednesday.

The winning run was scored on a two-out RBI single by pinch hitter Jeff Hamilton, who got his 15th RBI in just 51 at bats on the 1986 season.

Mike Scott (11-6) took the loss, despite striking out 14 batters. Scott was masterful, striking out each of the 9 Dodgers in the starting lineup at least once, but got no help from his offense.

The Dodgers have played well lately, winning 11 of their past 14 games, and have gotten to .500 on the season. However, the winning ways still leave Los Angeles a full 10 games behind the division leading Padres in the N.L. West.

[b:7c4164c591]Elsewhere...[/b:7c4164c591] In St. Louis, the Cardinals displayed a rare offensive outburst in a [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1392][u:7c4164c591]10-9 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies[/u:7c4164c591][/url]. The Blue Jays took a few weeks of frustration out on Brewers pitching as [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1399][u:7c4164c591]Toronto defeated Milwaukee 13-8[/u:7c4164c591][/url]. And finally... at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the Cubs rallied in the 8th and 9th innings to [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=1391][u:7c4164c591]defeat the Mets 6-4[/u:7c4164c591][/url], their third straight victory over New York.

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